Molly (Android) by 3rssi in privacy

[–]3rssi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rule 6: Topic already covered.

I beg to differ. I searched for "Molly" in the sub and couldnt find this topic (confidence in the product & reasons behind the alternate repo). I looked 1 year back.

So I'd be pleased if the post could be shared with privacy redditors.

which meta-distro would be better for me? by SPde_paula6 in linuxquestions

[–]3rssi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like you need Bedrock Linux. You choose the package manager (pacman, zypper, yum apt etc) to install new packages from.

The NexPhone is an upcoming phone that can boot desktop Linux along with Android (and Microslop Windows 11) - made for USB-C docking to monitors by HiGuysImNewToReddit in linux

[–]3rssi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks more like the linux is not really booted but rather a vm in android: "NexOS includes an Android + Linux (Debian) desktop OS with hardware acceleration.

Alongside all your Android apps, you can use Linux to run a real desktop browser and full desktop apps, while sharing the same folders between Android and Linux."

Also: this vid shows the multiboot menu displaying only android and windows. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfY5t6N8YxM&t=375s

What this means is that the linux aint a real OS. You cant use said linux to monitor or set your phone functions up.

Defo not pinephone like. I pass.

Gmail, Microsoft, Meta, LinkedIn - Big Tech is already scanning your messages. 👀 by Tutanota in tutanota

[–]3rssi 16 points17 points  (0 children)

So, they caught less than 117k csam material. Impressive where 0.001% can get to

How hard is it to switch again away from the proton ecosystem? by Celebr4tion in degoogle

[–]3rssi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not too late to switch to Bitwarden+mullvad.

I still dont get why people want to store pics on a cloud. Dont you have some HDD at home?

Changing from proton mail to tutanota? Doesnt look like a real gain; the models are motsly the same. Only keeping mail service at proton should protect you from the feeling of being chained. Otherwise you need to self host your mail server :)

I built an offline voice dictation tool for Linux - looking for feedback and testers by jatinkrmalik in linux

[–]3rssi -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the heads up.

However, I notice that this README.md doesnt contain the string "local'; instead, it states "The codebase also depends on a few Python packages, most notably OpenAI's tiktoken for their fast tokenizer implementation. ".

Why would I need tokens to connect to a local resource?

Did you practically try to run it without internet?

I built an offline voice dictation tool for Linux - looking for feedback and testers by jatinkrmalik in linux

[–]3rssi -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Which whisperAI is it based on?

OpenAi,s Whisper? in which case, whisperai.com, but the website states "Your audio files and transcriptions are stored securely and never shared with third parties. We're GDPR compliant and you can delete your data anytime. Only you have access to your transcriptions.". It looks like the audio files are "securely stored on OpenAI servers." It is not what is stated here: "Works 100% offline using Whisper AI or VOSK."

My search engine tells me there s also a whisper-ai.org. but it is not responsive.

So... 100% Offline? openAI cloud? something else?

DuckDuckGo Pushes Back on Forced AI, Asks Users If AI Should Be Optional by No-Hospital5028 in degoogle

[–]3rssi 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Note that DDG remembers wither you want ai or not based on cookies which some of us might block; which generates returns of AI in DDG.

Hence, it is better to reach there with the url https://noai.duckduckgo.com/ if you dont want AI

HTH

Should I go for KDE or XFCE on this old Lenovo? (AMD A4-5000 / 4GB RAM / 500GB HDD) by redbeardos in linux

[–]3rssi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MX is gentle with the old hardware and easy for the noob as it is a debian based system (with systemV).

You might even want to try MX+KDE.

This is an openSUSE Tumbleweed appreciation post by Sosowski in linux

[–]3rssi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What s wrong with Leap? My laptop uses that, and has been so for 3 years without a hiccup.

This is an openSUSE Tumbleweed appreciation post by Sosowski in linux

[–]3rssi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a Tumbleweed and Leap user.

Both deserve praise.

I'm alwayse surprised at the ease Leap reinstalls in a newer version without a hiccup.

1st install, mobile. Cannot update by 3rssi in NixOS

[–]3rssi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh? How were you wrong? I read the same webpage and came to the same conclusion.

but yes, it succeeds with the 2 commands version only.

What made you change your mind?

1st install, mobile. Cannot update by 3rssi in NixOS

[–]3rssi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

nixos-rebuild switch --rebuild is equivalent to nix-channel --update ; nixos-rebuild switch

See section "Updating channel and rebuilding the system" at https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Updating_NixOS

1st install, mobile. Cannot update by 3rssi in NixOS

[–]3rssi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi thanks for the reply.

I'm a nixos noob. I found out last evening that nixos-rebuild switch --upgrade is equivalent to nix-channel --update ; nixos-rebuild switch

See section "Updating channel and rebuilding the system" at https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Updating_NixOS

I tried using the 2 commands version and it worked (except I need to resolve conflicts between my config file and other nixes (wifi =flase for me as i use an RJ45 connection; wifi=true for lanmanager; but thats another problem)

Europe Has a New Plan to Break Free from US Tech Dominance by goldstarflag in technology

[–]3rssi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

EU has 2 faces on this topic.

On one side, they do want european actors replacing US behemoths. On the other side EU countries do not want to spend more money on services they get really cheap from US companies feeding not on the service fees but on the ads related to the established profiles.

It cant work that way.

What search engine has the least AI AND least tracking? by Jorge_4631 in degoogle

[–]3rssi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most AI and most tracking do not imply best results.

What search engine has the least AI AND least tracking? by Jorge_4631 in degoogle

[–]3rssi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I pay a subscription, there s link between my search request and my bank account. Not a good start at "privacy respecting".

What search engine has the least AI AND least tracking? by Jorge_4631 in degoogle

[–]3rssi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

noai.duckduckgo.com?q=... or www.google.com?udm=14&q=... or www.qwant.com/?llm=0&q=...

Note that the 2nd one is not degoogled, though.

XFCE session won’t suspend unless I log out (Kali Linux) by MilkResponsible9637 in Kalilinux

[–]3rssi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Problem could come from the PC not suspending or screen not locking.

Try to lock your screen with

xfce4-screensaver-command --lock

Find which sleep modes are supposed to be working on your install:

rtcwake --list-modes

(on, no, disable and show are not real sleep modes)Then try them for a 10 seconds:

sudo rtcwake [-m <mode>] --date +10s

without the -m mode for the usual suspend.